Easy Peasy Zucchini & Tomatoes For All

Jul 8, 2010 Finger Foods, Fruits and Veggies, New Baby Food Recipes, vegetables

I just couldn’t wait for my little zucchini plants to bear fruit so I scooped some up at our new in-town Farmer’s Market.  Yesterday was the first day of the Market and I arrived 1 hour after it opened.  Almost everything, yes everything was gone!  There were 2 fresh egg vendors there and both sold out.  I really wanted to get some fresh organic and free range eggs

Anyway, the good news is that this bodes well for the future success of our market and it means I won’t have to drive a minimum of 45 minutes to support local farmers.  So I left the market with some zucchini, beautiful beets, fresh garlic with the greens still on and some yummy maple cream from one of the local maple syrup purveyors.  More on the maple cream at a later time…

Tomatoes and zucchini are not only healthy, tasty and so easy to prepare, they are also very colorful and can be made sauteed  “al dente” or squishy for babies.  Serve warm as a side or over brown rice with diced chicken – YUM!

I’m very fond of color in meals and this dish should be great eye-candy for your little self feeder.  This family friendly side would be great for little ones who are 8-10 months old who don’t have any digestive issues.  Tomatoes can be highly acidic and your little one might develop a rash from eating them.  Cooking tomatoes helps to cut the acidity a bit so please use your judgement about offering tomatoes to baby.  Also, my older twins were not so fond of the zucchini skin (i sauteed to al dente) so you may want to peel the zucchini for your little one.  Be sure to sautee to a texture that your baby will be able to handle.

Green & Red Saute

Ingredients:
2 medium sized vine tomatoes
3 medium zucchinis
1 chive strand (or should it be called a straw?)
1 clove fresh garlic

Directions:
Wash all veggies thoroughly and peel the garlic then wash it off.  Mince the garlic clove, chop the chive strand and dice the tomatoes and zucchinis.
In a large frying pan, add the garlic and 2 tablespoons of olive oil.  Heat the oil and stir the garlic then toss in the tomatoes, chives and zucchini.
Saute until the veggies are cooked to your preferred texture

See, I told you this was easy peasy

Alergy Alert – none but mind the tomatoes as mentioned.

Tags: 8-10 months, finger food, garlic, herbs, Spices, tomatoes, zucchini